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TIL of Jean Hilliard, a woman found frozen solid 1980, who survived and made a full recovery.

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EgWoX TIL why human-like characters in animated movies have weird proportions
xVKQB TIL the 1980 comedy "Airplane!" is a remake of the 1957 drama "Zero Hour!" Both are about a guilt-stricken fighter pilot who called upon to land a plane after the crew and several passengers fall ill after eating fish. Many of the lines in "Airplane!" were taken verbatim from "Zero Hour!"
Rj4l TIL Breathing through your nose at all times is significantly more healthy than through your mouth.
NXrN1 TIL during the Coolie Ordinances in the Dutch East Indies it was ordained that plantation owners were completely free to exact physical or capital punishment on their indentured workers. This system ended in the early 1940s, and it is estimated many tens of thousands perished.
v1Vo7 TIL that any Canadian citizen, who has lived in the Yukon for at least one year, can get free land from the government, provided they are willing to farm it.